Maha: Builder booked for cheating tenant in Thane

The accused also allegedly paid the tenants Rs 5,000 towards rent for two years and Rs 50,000 as deposit, and entered into an agreement with them about new flats, he said.The complainant has claimed that the accused later drafted a forged agreement, in which he stated that the room, which was occupied by the victim, was sold to him for Rs 1.7 lakh, the official said.

An offence has been registered against a builder for allegedly forging documents and cheating a man over flat allotment in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Sunday.

A case under sections 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act has been registered against the builder, senior inspector Uttam Sonawane said.

The 61-year-old complainant has stated that he was a tenant in a chawl and the accused had taken over the property for redevelopment in 2013, he said.

The builder had allegedly held a meeting with the occupants of the chawl and promised to give them flats in the redeveloped buildings. The accused also allegedly paid the tenants Rs 5,000 towards rent for two years and Rs 50,000 as deposit, and entered into an agreement with them about new flats, he said.

The complainant has claimed that the accused later drafted a forged agreement, in which he stated that the room, which was occupied by the victim, was sold to him for Rs 1.7 lakh, the official said. The accused allegedly replaced the original registered agreement about flat allotments with the forged one and cheated the victim, he said. The complainant has also claimed that the builder verbally abused him about his disability, the official said.